Birth place: Myra, West Virginia (grew up in Hamlin)
Birth name: Charles Elwood Yeager
Father: Albert Hal Yeager, a coal miner and gas driller
Mother: Susie Mae (Sizemore) Yeager
Marriages: Victoria Scott D’Angelo (August 2003-present); Glennis Faye Dickhouse (February 26, 1945-December 22, 1990, her death)
Children: with Glennis Dickhouse: Donald “Don,” Michael “Mickey,” Sharon, Susan
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November 2007 – Sues AT&T, claiming Cingular Wireless, which is owned by AT&T, had used his name in a press release without his permission.
August 22, 2008 – Yeager’s children lose the appeal in California Appellate Court of the March 30, 2006 verdict.
December 2009 – Files a civil lawsuit against Virgin America Inc. for using his name in their advertising without his permission. The airline sent an email to frequent flyers mentioning Yeager and Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin does not join in the litigation. Virgin America and Yeager reach an initial settlement in July 2011, and the settlement is enforced in 2012.
April 2010 – Speaks publicly for the first time of the October 10, 1948 Charleston South Side Bridge incident. Doing 500 mph, he flew under the bridge because he knew he had enough room to clear it. Afterwards he pulled up and left for Edwards Air Force Base, California.
June 8, 2012 – Wins the lawsuit against AT&T and is awarded $135,000.
October 14, 2012 – On the 65th anniversary of Yeager’s flight to break the sound barrier, he rides along in a F-15 over the Mojave Desert, in a re-creation of his historic flight. Capt. David Vincent, based at Nellis AFB, pilots the F-15.
